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Tom Craddock

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Portrait, wearing great coat - No known copyright restrictions

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Tom AWMM
  • Surname
    Craddock AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    75085 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    • Featherston AWMM
    • Trentham AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 7 March 1918 AWMM
    Age 36 AWMM
    Farm hand/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Received shrapnel wound in left shoulder, near the railway crossing at Le Quesnoy on 27 October 1918. Was admitted to No. 2 Stationery Hospital Abbeville and convalescence Depot Cayeau. AWMM
    • Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
      Coronary Thrombosis AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Brothers Tom Craddock (75085), and Joseph Craddock (25/1691) served in WW1. Of the next generation Ross Craddock (68782) served in WW2

    He married on 1 June 1918 and embarked for War a week later

    Returned to New Zealand from Glasgow on 10 March 1919 on board SS Bhand, arriving in Auckland on 25 April 1919

    During WW2 he served as a Corporal in the Home Guard (1942-1945) AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    14 August 1947 AWMM
    Age 66 AWMM
    Whakatane, Eastern Bay of Plenty AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Hillcrest Cemetery, Whakatane-Ohope Road, Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM Services Area. Plot 25 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice:New Zealand Herald, 15 August 1947

    Death notice: Bay of Plenty Beacon (Whakatane), 15 August 1947 AWMM
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  • Memorial reference

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Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R21898485
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      83: 9 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: 15 August 1947 AWMM
    • Bay of Plenty Beacon (Bay of Plenty) AWMM
      Death notice: (Whakatane), 15 August 1947 AWMM
    • Hillcrest Cemetery, Whakatane-Ohope Road, Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM
      Cemetery register no. 438 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 3: Includes portrait AWMM
    • Pugsley, C. (2018). Le Quesnoy, 1918 : New Zealand's Last Battle. Auckland, New Zealand : Oratia. AWMM
    • The Le Quesnoy Campaign research was undertaken by the New Zealand Society of Genealogists as part of the development of New Zealand Liberation Museum - Te Arawhata (Le Quesnoy France). This research project was led by CJ Barbour (NZSG), BI Silvester, HH Farrant (NZMHS) with the support of NZSG volunteers (2022). The individuals included in this research data set were verified as serving in Le Quesnoy. AWMM

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